The Foundation of Inductive Reasoning
*Scientific (like all empirical) reasoning is founded not on insight, but on a brute assumption that the future will resemble the past, for which no solid basis can be given.
Good and Bad Reasoning
*But this doesn’t mean that all inductive reasoning is equally good (or bad). The wise thing to do is to reason consistently with this irresistible brute assumption.
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